The EU-Japan Digital Week will bring together stakeholders from the EU and Japan to focus on key priority areas for both regions: 6G, Data Spaces, Smart Connectivity and Computing and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI), among others. A policy workshop will also be organised in close consultation with the Delegation of the European Union to Japan to ensure that it reflects the shared priority of both regions and aligns with the strategic objectives of the EU-Japan Digital Partnership.
With insightful workshops dedicated to Smart Connectivity and Computing, 6G Development, Policy, Trusted Data Exchanges, Data Spaces, and Trustworthy AI Applications, the event aims to foster dialogue between policymakers, industry leaders, and experts.
By bringing together key stakeholders and facilitating discussions on these critical themes, the EU-Japan Digital Week aims to deepen EU-Japan collaboration and contribute to a more connected, innovative, and sustainable digital future.
The Smart Connectivity and Computing Workshop aims to bridge the gap between the European Union and Japan in the fields of cloud-edge computing and smart connectivity. This one-day, in-person event will bring together industry leaders, researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders to discuss the current landscape, share best practices, and explore collaboration opportunities in open-source technologies, industry verticals, and cross-cutting topics.
The "6G Horizons: Synergies for a Connected Future" workshop aims at fostering and deepening collaboration and partnership between the EU and Japan (and other Indo-Pacific countries) regarding 6G development.
This event is by-invitation only. If interested, please contact Dr. Eva Pejsova (eva.pejsova@vub.be).
The EU-Japan Digital Partnership (DP), in force since 2023, underscores the shared commitment and political willingness of both partners to join forces on key areas, including semiconductors, AI, high-performance computing and quantum, Beyond 5G, data governance and Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT), digital connectivity platforms, and cybersecurity. To support the ongoing process, the workshop will address several critical questions:
‘Drivers of Technological Innovation, Economic Security, and Sovereignty’: How can the EU and Japan sustain their technological edge and sovereignty amidst the intensifying strategic competition between the United States and China.
‘Emerging Technologies and Security Cooperation’: What role do dual use emerging and disruptive technologies play in shaping EU and Japan’s evolving security postures and bilateral cooperation?
‘Domestic Challenges and Policy Coordination’: What domestic priorities and challenges must be addressed to advance technological collaboration and digital connectivity?
‘Promoting Global Governance’: How can the EU and Japan champion responsible, human-centred, and sustainable global governance frameworks bilaterally and within existing multilateral frameworks?
This workshop aims to explore practical implementation of trusted data exchanges, supporting the Memorandum of Cooperation on digital identities and trust services signed between the EU and Japan. This initiative builds on commitments made at the G7 Hiroshima 2023, where the Institutional Arrangement for Partnership (IAP) was endorsed to operationalize Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT). In 2024, the OECD released the G7 Mapping Exercise of Digital Identity Approaches, analyzing commonalities between different frameworks, including those of the EU and Japan, and calling for pilot projects to test key standards.
Both personal and non-personal data exchanges will be considered as the discussions will explore how digital identities and data provenance traceability serve as key enablers for trusted data flows. To steer the discussion with scenarios, the session will consider risk and crisis management situations for which trusted data exchanges are mandatory for preparedness, and response strategies.
This workshop aims to introduce participants to the concept of data spaces, their architecture, stakeholders, and role in digital transformation, with a focus on addressing interoperability challenges. It aims to explore business models for data spaces, highlighting best practices and successful case studies. The workshop will discuss regulatory and ethical considerations for data sharing, emphasizing trust, standardization, and governance of data flows between EU and Japanese data spaces. It will also provide practical guidance on interoperability, encouraging joint EU-Japan pilot projects. Finally, the workshop seeks to foster EU-Japan collaboration and facilitate cross-border networking among industry, manufacturing, and technology leaders.
This workshop aims to exchange on good practices and challenges in the development of critical AI applications where the reliable correct function is of predominant importance. Applications discussed will come from transportation systems, industrial production and digital health care solutions.
The EU-Japan Digital Week will bring together representatives from academia, research, industry, business and policymaking, mainly from Japan and the European Union, but also from other Indo-Pacific countries.
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